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It's A Girl!!!!!!

Baby Bun has arrived and she's perfect!

Miss Deirdre ColinaGorman was born at 11:44 am on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008. She was 6 lbs 4 ounces and 19 1/2" long - perfect in every way. She is absolutely precious and she and mom are doing great. Labor was a little long for mom's taste (11 hours), but the actual delivery (post-epidural) was a breeze - about an hour of some focused, painless pushing and little Deirdre (pronounced Dear-dra) arrived on the scene, a beautiful head of dark hair and all.

You may be wondering about the sequence of events, since the last you heard - per my post last Wednesday - Bun was coming soon, but "not today!" Well - thanks to Blogger's handy-dandy scheduling feature, I wrote up that blog post on Tuesday evening about 7:30pm, scheduled it to be posted first thing on Wednesday morning, and then promptly went into labor 45 minutes later, around 8:15pm. Talk about the power of suggestion! Johnny and I panicked appropriately for a couple of minutes - me screaming about my water breaking (which, in the end, wasn't entirely true) and Johnny hopping around on one foot trying to change out of his pajamas pants into something more appropriate for an unscheduled trip to the hospital. We composed ourselves for the 25 minute ride, while I wondered why in the world I had thought it might be "fun" to go into labor the old-fashioned way (as opposed to a scheduled inducement.)

Stay tuned for plenty of pictures in the coming weeks, but enjoy these first few in the meantime. Don't you agree she's the prettiest girl on the block?

Mom and Dad are completely enamored - and are enjoying every moment of parenthood. Big Brother Darwin is pretty fascinated, too!

Awwww!!!!!! She is gorgeous! I am so excited for both of you and glad everything went so well. Enjoy your new little bundle of joy - it truly is a miracle. Love to all of you and I can't WAIT to meet Dierdra - what a beautiful name.

Dierde Colina Gorman is the most beautiful little girl in the world. She has the sweetest little face and the most serene little expression. Much love to her parents who handle all that they do with grace a dignity. I love you both very much and look forward to meeting Diedre very soon. Love, Aunt Peggy

She's awesome! Congrats to you and Johnny for a beautiful little girl. I can't wait to meet her. My trip to DC will be coming soon. I'll wait to get the go ahead from Johnny and I'll definitely come down for the weekend. I know it's been years overdue....lol All the best, and we'll talk soon

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Sara Gorman was diagnosed with systemic lupus at the age of 26. Determined not to let lupus rewrite her plans for the future, she fought to maintain her demanding work schedule, busy social life, and invincible attitude. But after four years of running her body into the ground, she realized she was fighting life, not living it. Committed to working with the disease rather than against it, she made it her top priority to start living well, despite lupus.
Her book, "Despite Lupus: How to Live Well with a Chronic Illness", details the steps it took to reach that goal.
In 2012, Sara also launched Sara Gorman’s Pillbags – a line of fun, fashionable pill organizers. The stylish, fabric pillbags can be found at retail stores across the country, on Amazon.com, and on her website at www.pillfold.com.
A native of Indiana and graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Sara resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and two young daughters.